Skee



A. H. EVANS.

SKEE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1919.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921 Altman fl Evans 5 Moi/Ma a ALONZO n. EVANS, or CAREY, "IDA O.

sKEE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application'filed May 28, 1919. Serial No. 300,316.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo H. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Carey, in the county of Blaine and State of Idaho, have invented-certain new and'useful Improvements in Skees, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to skees, and more particularly to an attachment therefor to facilitate the climbing of inclines or hills with the skees. j

In using skees, considerable difficulty is found in climbing the skee runs or inclines from which the start is obtained even when a skee pole or stick is used to assist the climber, owing to the fact that when the pole or stick is raised out of the ground for advancement, tendency of the skees is to slip or slide backward thereby rendering it very diflicult to climb hills or skee runs without removing the skees from the wearers feet, and it is an object of this invention to provide an attachment, for skees which is I attached to the rear or tail end thereof and is normally held in an inactive position, being releasable, for engagement inthe snow, when climbing a hill or incline to prevent backward sliding of the skee.

More specifically, the invention comprehends the provision of a plate which is hingedly connected to the rear or tail end of a skee and is normally held above the snow engaging surface of the skee by a spring con trolled locking lever, which lever may be operated to release the said hinged plate, to permit the latter to fall downwardly under its own weight for engagement with the surface of the snow and also to provide a spring actuated pin which engages the upper surface of said hinged plate for holding it downwardly in engagement with the snow and to cause it to bite and burrow into the snow upon rearward movement of skee to prevent rearward slipping or skidding thereof.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device as specified which may be easily and quickly operated, by means of skee pole to render it operative or inactive as desired.

Other objects of the invention will be in part described and in part understood from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which drawing;

ing, A indicates a skee -of ordinary construction,'the rear end of which is reinforced by upper and lower metal plates 5 and 6. The upper plate 5 is provided with a pair of spaced tongues 7, formed upon its rear end, which tongues 7 are rolled to form hinge barrels receiving therein a pin 8 which also extends through a hinged barrel formed upon the plate 9, for pivotally connecting the said plate to the rear end of the skee A. The plate 9 is considerably thinner than the skee proper as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing so that when it hangs idle, it will extend rearwardly at an incline as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing, closing in, upon rearward movement of the skee to burrow it to the snow for arresting and preventing rearward movement of the skee.

A bracket 10 is carried by the rear end of the skee A and is provided with an upper horizontal portion 11 and a lower horizontal portion 12, disposed in parallel relation, the latter horizontal portion being formed upon the end of the strip of metal of which the bracket 10 is formed and being connected to the upper horizontal portion 11 by the vertical length 18 of the strip of metal. A bracket 14 is attached to the vertical length 13 of the strip of metal and it is provided with a plurality of spaced openings 15 in each of its arms 16, any alining pair of which openings are adapted to receive therethrough the pivot pin 17 which pivotally supports the locking lever 18. The lower end of the locking lever 18 is provided with a nib or bill 19 which is adapted to engage beneath the under surface of the outer edge of the plate 9 to support this plate in a raised position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawing. A portion of the locking lever 18 which projects above its pivot pin 17 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 20 through which the pin 21 extends. A washer 22 engages the forward side of the lever 18 and'one end of a spiral spring 23 engages against this washer while the other end thereof engages against the vert1- cal portion or length 13. The spring 23 normally urges the upper end of the lever 18 rearwardly, consequently holding the lower end thereof in engagement with the rear edge of the hinged plate 9.

A vertical pin 24 extends slidably through the parallel horizontal portion 11 and 12, having its lower ends rounded and engaging the upper surface of the hinged plate 9 a short distance forwardly of the rear edge of the latter. Springs 25 and 26 are coiled about the pin 24 above and below the upper horizontal portion 11 of the bracket 10, the upper spring 25 tending to hold the pin in an elevated position while the action of the lower spring 26, which is stronger than the spring 25 is to force the pin 24 downwardly, and consequently force the hinged plate 9 downwardly.

In use, when the person wearing the skees desires to climb an incline, such as a hill or a skee run; he takes his skee pole and engages the upper end of the lever 18, therewith moving the upper end of the lever forwardly which moves the lower end of the lever rearwardly and out of engagement with the hinged plate 9, allowing this plate to fall downwardly. The downward movement of the plate 9 is augmented by the expanding action of the spring 26, which is released, when the lower end of the lever 18 is moved out of engagement with the plate 9. The expanding action of the spring 26 is such that when the plate 9 is released from engagement with the lever 18 its rear edge will be forced below the under surface of the skee A so that upon rearward sliding movement of the skee the plate 9 will bury itself or burrow into the snow and gradually assume a substantially horizontal position, acting as a brake to prevent rearward sliding movement of the skee thereby facilitating the climbing of a hill by the operator, in that when he lifts the skee pole to advance the same, he will not slide rearwardly upon the skee. Forward movement of the skee will allow the plate 9 to move upwardly upon its pivot support,'- and the plate will consequently not impede forward movement of the skee. i

Changes in detail may be made without departing from the spirit of this invention, but;

I claim:

1. The combination with a skee, of a plate hingedly connected to the rear end thereof, a bracket carried by the skee, a lever pivotally carried by the bracket and normally engaging said plate to hold the plate in an inactive position, said plate adapted to drop downwardly upon release from engagement by said lever whereby it will become embedded in snow upon rearward movement of the skee to brake said rearward movement.

2. The combination with a skee, of a plate hingedly connected to the skee, a bracket carried by the skee, a lever pivotally carried by said bracket for engaging said plate to hold the plate above the under surface of the skee, the rear portion of said plate adapted-to drop below the under surface of the skee upon release of the plate from engagement with said lever, and means car-.

ried by said bracket and engaging said plate to urge it downwardly upon release of engagement of the plate with said lever.

3. The combination with a skee, of a plate hingedly connected to the rear end of the skee, means normally holding said plate above the under surface of the skee, a pin' carried by said bracket, a spring connected to said pin for normally urging the pin downwardly to force the rear end of said plate below the under surface of the skee upon release of engagement of said plate with said locking means.

4:. The combination with a skee, of a plate pivotally connected to the rear end of the skee, a bracket carried by the skee, a lever pivotally carried by said bracket and engaging said plate to hold the plate above the under surface of the skee, a spring for normally urging said lever into engagment with said plate, a pin slidably carried by said bracket, a spring connected to 'said pin and normally urging the pin downwardly for forcing the rear end of said hinged plate below theunder surface of the skee upon movement of said lever out of engagement with said plate. v

5. The combination with a skee, of a plate pivotally connected to the rear end of the skee, a bracket carried by the skee, a lever pivotally carried by said bracket and engaging said plate to hold the plate above the under surface of the skee, a spring for normally urging said lever into engagement with said plate, a pin slidably carried by said bracket, a spring connected to said pin and normally urging the pin downwardly for forcing the rear end of said hinged plate below the under surface of the skee upon movement of said lever out of engagement with said plate, and a second spring connected to said pin and normally urging the pin upwardly away from said plate.

ALONZO H. EVANS. 

